Inretrospect magazine : Issue 13

Five minutes with Miss Tosh

OXFORD CONFERENCE OF CORSETRY

"Miss Tosh, the starlet of burlesque, honored us with a special performance followed by a very beautiful and inspirational speech. She talked about her “sparkly” ensemble and how she spent about 2 full months crystalizing her garments with over 60,000 stones, if I remember correctly." - Corsets & Designs

Beauty Q&A with Miss Tosh

If you don’t already love the glamorous burlesque performer, Miss Tosh who dazzles audiences while covered in Swarovski crystals, twirls on a carousel unicorn that she literally crafted herself, or because she’s a self styled fashion muse, Perhaps you’ll love her because she fights for a cause close to her heart and is the ultimate modern woman who isn’t afraid to show some skin!

She has been featured in some of the nations top best-dressed lists and celebrated amongst publications such as Marie Claire, Elle’s Choice awards, New York Times, New York Fashion Decode, and Nylon Magazine, to name some.

She has hosted fundraisers for organizations that provide transitional housing and support services to homeless lgbtq young adults. Miss Tosh is held in high esteem by The School of The Art Institute of Chicago as a queer artist and a global inspirational figure. She is the Glambassador to the LGBTQ community.

To me, Miss Tosh is the face of NOW and she was kind enough to agree to do my Beauty Q&A!!

LOVE MAGAZINE UK

SEPTEMBER 2017

Get To Know: New York's iconic Club Kid Collective 'The Slather Factory'

The gatekeepers to today's New York nights are known as 'The Slather Factory'. They are the queer collective made up of every talent that makes New York the nightlife Mecca it really is: from look queens, to fashion queens, dancers, singers, designers, artists, photographers – they have everything, and aren't afraid to use it... all!

So just in time for the weekend we take you on a tour of the most incredible, iconic faces in New York, in a photo series captured by Ryan Burke and Mr. White.

miss tosh - italian vouge

Photographed by Craig McDean.

"Craig McDean leads us down the path of poetic discourse in “Today’s Stories” for Vogue Italia, 03/17. Above my baron buttocks lay an egg of which to be. A vibrant round coming down to tell a tale of the. Not perfect in shape nor vibrant in shade, for what ran down her shiny spine was dripping in oblong ecstasy."

WELCOME TO THE SLATHER FACTORY

Welcome to the Slather Factory, a self-described "collective of queer performers and exhibitionists to celebrate a safe space of love and liberation." Curator and self proclaimed "Slatherist" Love Bailey and her wild crew of over the top fashion stars recently hosted an evening at NYC's Ace Hotel called "The Awakening" with performances by Miss Tosh,Sateen, Bebe Huxley, Neocamp, & Terry Lovetteand appearances by Kyle Farmery, Ryan Burke, Aquaria, Ashley Smith, Sussiand the rest of the "slatherists." This queer crew considers Slather "creating something out of nothing with the power of your own hands"

The action was caught in photos by Eric T White and in a video directed by Factory featuring the un released song "Am I Wild" By Vigiletti for their up and coming film "Slather it Up!".

“If you can dream it, you can create it,” Miss Tosh says. “[Gerry and I] are definitely kindred spirits. We both just have these grand fantasies and share a childlike optimism that anything is possible.”

Miss Tosh’s haute couture burlesque performances are now recognized by the corset she created with Quinton, which is adorned with hundreds of thousands of Swarovski crystals. After a series of phone conversations and emails, Tosh flew in for a fitting at Quinton’s quaint Logan Square atelier, where she felt an immediate connection with the designer.

Miss Tosh is a performance artist who combines her love for The Golden Era of Cinema with her love for fashion. Her performances challenge tropes of femininity and notions of the erotic, while always leaving the audience dazzled, dazed and wanting more.

Miss Tosh, thank you for being our #badgirlcrush and taking the time to chat with us! The aim of the #badgirlcrush is to give our readers and followers some insight into creative women that inspire us, we love you glamorous style!

The Place: Bordel. What to Expect: Jazz Wednesdays, flamenco-dancing Thursdays, vaudevillian Fridays and (fingers crossed) the return of the wonderful Miss Tosh (pictured). She seems to be worth the wait!

The story began with Clifford Clifton, who was born in 1900, among 9 brothers and sisters. In 1910 when Clifford was just a child, he and his family traveled to China with the Salvation Army to feed the hungry. It was years later when his father Edmond, opened his first cafeteria style restaurant in San Francisco, which was called simply: "Clifton's." After the Great Depression hit, he sold the establishments and packed up, heading to the big, booming, city of Los Angeles. With his restaurant manual in hand, which included being the "cafeteria of the golden rule," he opened his first Clifton's restaurant in 1931, and the 40,000 square foot Broadway location a couple years later, in 1934-1935.

DECEMBER 26, 2016

“Night on Broadway” Returns in January with a Jam-Packed Evening of FREE Stuff To Do in DTLA

On a very special evening this January the streets of downtown Los Angeles will come alive as artists, acrobats, musicians, comedians, and other special performers will be on hand to fill the historic Broadway corridor with art, entertainment, and music forNight on Broadway. Million Dollar Cabaret featuring finale performance by Miss Tosh!

january 1, 2016

Clifton's at Night presents New Year's Eve Extravaganza with Grand HostessDita Von Teese. In association with LA Weekly and Dapper Day, Clifton's at Night brings you an evening of vintage style, glamour, and burlesque intrigue to tease and tantalize you into the new year.

Night on Broadway is back for 2016! This one-night extravaganza in Downtown Los Angeles takes place on Saturday January 30 from 5 p.m. to 11p.m. and will feature programming on the historic stages of glorious theaters often closed to the public, as well as a large street festival with an outdoor stage of its own. Talent for the outdoor stage will be announced in the coming days. See below for a list of entertainment options at seven of Broadway’s historic theaters.

NOVEMBER 5, 2015

A designer and pattern maker by trade—having studied at the fashion department of The School of the Art Institute of Chicago and currently creating bespoke formal wear for individual clients—Tosha Sherman, aka Miss Tosh, performs her dazzling burlesque shows covered in Swarovski encrusted garments. Inspired by Marlene Dietrich and Josephine Baker, she describes her act as “a glamorous fantasy that manifests and sparkles before your very eyes”—a vision she has taken to prestigious events such as the SAIC 150th Year Celebration and Barbara DeGenevieve’s memorial. But Miss Tosh is not just eye candy: she has recently hosted a fundraiser for Project Fierce, an organization that provides transitional housing and support services to homeless LGBTQ young adults. Find out what her next move is at misstosh.com.

Marco Marco L.A. Style Fashion Week Show

october 19, 2015

Last night saw Gay L.A. out in full force as local label Marco Marco (run by one of the city’s most popular designers, Marco Morante) presented its SS16 collection for a local audience at the closing night of L.A.’s Style Fashion Week. Currently celebrating its 12th season, the event originated from a need to counteract L.A.’s lack of high-caliber fashion events.

Marco Marco’s L.A. show served as a second act to his new collection’s New York Style Fashion Week debut last month, which filled the catwalk with porn stars, trans models and a roster of drag divas. Morante’s assemblage of non-traditional runway models is a tip of the haute couture hat to the fashion industry’s recent move toward trans acceptance. “The idea was to do part one in New York and part two in L.A.,” Veronica Kerzer, the brains behind Style Fashion Week, said last week in an interview withFrontiers. “With everything going on withCaitlyn Jenner, it was a perfect time to bring Marco Marco’s style to New York. And, of course, it’s going to be absolutely crazy in L.A.”

And “absolutely crazy” it was. Marco Marco’s L.A. runway show featured a host of local drag queens as well as the occasional porn star, YouTube celebrity and pop culture phenom.

OCTOBER 19, 2015

Los Angeles Racked : Vintage Fashion Expo DTLA

From pristine Pucci masterpieces and a rainbow of wiggle dresses to out-of-this-world outerwear and gorgeous Chanel gems, the two-day event offered a mix of booths stocked with pieces spanning from the Victorian era to the disco days to the '90s. As if the retail therapy wasn't enough, the marketplace's dressed-to-the-nine shoppers and shopkeeps modeled plenty of looks (and top-notch makeup games) to inspire our modern closets—see just a few of them in the gallery above.

SAIC 150TH ANNIVERSARY

SEPTEMBER 2015

From fall 2015 through spring 2016, the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) is celebrating its 150th year as a leader in educating the world's most influential artists, designers, and scholars. Founded as the Chicago Academy of Design in 1866 by a collective of studio artists, SAIC has evolved from a small gallery and school to a world-class art museum and one of the largest accredited colleges of art and design in the country, providing undergraduate, graduate, and post-baccalaureate programs to more than 3,500 students. Throughout its 150-year history, SAIC has redefined the cultural landscape and influenced contemporary art and design throughout the world

NINA PALOMBA : ARTIST & MUSE

SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

In a hidden corner of The Commons Club, art perusers came across a cheeky yellow post-it left by one of the whimsical characters of Nina’s world. The secret note entitled “Yes Please?” reads dinner at 7. As party-goers move towards the main dining hall on a hunt for the mystery dinner date, there lies a painting entitled “Love Drug” with a happy-go-lucky dog enjoying the company of a blonde bombshell. However, this date appears to have a third wheel with a cunning rabbit under the table with the mystery note in hand. According to Nina, the rabbit will continue the cycle and ask his own special lover on a date. Guess we’ll have to wait and see what Nina paints next to see how the story ends. As the party continues in walks the painters muse Miss Tosh who is the clear inspiration for the blonde bombshell in the painting.

FashionDecode introduces the sixth installment of “The Faces of Modern Beauty” by writer Johnny Cassanova. The Faces of Modern Beauty aims to spotlight individuals who are influencing or transcending the many facets of beauty. In the act of spotlighting these individuals, FashionDecode hopes to showcase and promote the various forms of beauty.

Growing up in California at young age, Miss Tosh lived in a world of glamour that no longer existed but that didn’t mean she wasn’t set out to create it. While seeking to create romance in the world, Tosh set her sights on the fashion industry with her capsule collections that infused romance and technology. As she creates a world of romance in the future, the glamorous blonde chats with Johnny Cassanova to discuss her visual aesthetic, nightlife in Chicago, and, most importantly, beauty.

Miss Tosh is a renowned performance artist, local celebrity, and clothing designer who since her arrival to the Midwest from Hollywood has taken the Chicago nightlife scene by storm. Kicking off Women's History Month with a woman who knows how to channel HERtory and take it to the next level of intrigue, Miss Tosh tells us about her fashion label and her ongoing burlesque performances throughout Chicago.

Diane Pernet Fragrance Launch at Gallery Asthete

Before she was presented with the 2015 School of The Art Institute of Chicago Legend of Fashion award, Gallery Aestethe(40 E. Oak St.) hosted the Chicago perfume launch for Diane Pernet, a Walk 2015 pre-party of sorts. The fashion journalism legend of A Shaded View on Fashion, noted that she utilized four different noses until she found the one she loved to create the four To Be Honest, Wanted, Shaded, and In Pursuit of Magic. The party literally felt like hanging with the cool kids that shopped the cool stores but got everything in structured black and only wore Rick Owens or some amazing underground designer. While sipping on champagne or cocktails, guests tested to find which of the scents they loved. Some of the guests in attendance included artist Nick Cave, Samm Mackin, Emma Arnold, Tommy Walton, and Miss Tosh to name a few.